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This Handbook of Superconductivity; Theory, Materials, Processing, Characterization and Applications is the second, much expanded edition of the Handbook of Superconducting Materials, edited by David A. Cardwell and David Ginley and published originally by IOP in 2003. That large encyclopedic publication had quite favorable reviews, was rather quickly sold out to major distributors and is no longer readily available in retail. This situation alone would have justified the preparation of the 2nd edition. The second edition also became necessary for the reasons outlined below. The past nearly 20 years have seen rapid and dynamic progress in superconducting materials, with many new compounds and entire isostructural families discovered and eventually synthesized into usable wires, thin film structures and other forms suitable for applications. Of the newly discovered materials, some exhibited the conventional, phonon-mediated Cooper pairing, while others, notably the Fe-based superconductors, still present a formidable challenge to be understood theoretically. The discovery of these new materials is another reason why the 2nd edition is overdue. Progress has been less dynamic in the development of theory and the elucidation of unconventional superconductivity mechanisms, including those of high critical temperature, Tc, cuprates or iron-containing pnictides. As a result, it has been possible to reprint in the 2nd edition a number of rather fundamental chapters published originally in the 1st edition, without or with only minor updates. In a few cases, such reproductions are also in memoriam of 1st and 2nd edition authors and section editors who have passed away over the past two decades. Brian Pippard, E. Helmut Brandt, Heinz Chaloupka, Harry Jones and, the most recently departed, Archie M. Campbell are so honored. The inclusion of reprinted chapters has resulted in some heterogeneity in the Handbook’s style, such as in referencing and citing references within the text.